2000AD artist John Hicklenton has reacted angrily to becoming ill with MS, inviting cameras into his home for a new documentary, Here’s Johnny, to record the destruction of his life by the disease, and to campaign for better treatment for… Read More ›
British Comics
British comics-related news, interviews and features
Stardust on DVD
Neil Gaiman’s Stardust will be released on DVD in the UK next month (25th February), featuring a host of British talent in a spectacular and critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure from renowned director Matthew (Layer Cake) Vaughn. The film script, based on… Read More ›
Torchwood Magazine on YouTube, Facebook
Titan Publishing’s Torchwood: The Official Magazine launched last week in the UK (and is already proving hard to find), which also includes 10 pages of original Torchwood comic strip fiction in each issue. The first issue is published in the… Read More ›
IndieReview Revamped
The UK Indie Comic and Manga Community IndieReview.co.uk, established in late 2007, has undergone some major refurbishment ready for 2008. The Community aims to bring the work of UK Indie Comic/Manga talent to the attention of a wider public through… Read More ›
Fat Man Previewed
(Warning: this post contains links to what may be perceived by some as ‘adult’ content): Thomas Cochrane and Alan Tanner’s’s The Fat Man graphic novel project has a brand new web site which features a massive 50 page preview of… Read More ›
Charlotte Corday joins ROK Comics
A new adventure strip, Charlotte Corday of the Surete, drawn by top British comics artist Keith Page, is now being published on comics to mobile service ROK Comics. Keith’s current work includes Ramsey’s Raiders for DC Thomson’s Commando and other… Read More ›
Commando Creators credited at last
As expected, DC Thomson’s Commando range now feature credits for their creators, part of a sweeping range of ongoing changes to the books which continue to sell well in UK newsagents and via subscription. DC Thomson long held back from… Read More ›
Elton John’s Dan Dare recording unearthed
(via the Eagle Times blog): Way back in October 1975, Elton John recorded Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future), written by Bernie Taupin, for the Rock of the Westies album, a song lamenting that he won’t be joining Dan on… Read More ›
Reg Bunn Profiled
Top British comics blog Bear Alley has just profiled the early work of Spider artist Reg Bunn, detailing what looks to be his first ever published work, Buck Jones, Outlaw!, which actually appeared in Australia initially, In issue 6 of… Read More ›
Brendan McCarthy’s New Blog
(with thanks to Matthew Badham) Top comics artist, designer and illustrator Brendan McCarthy has a new blog, The Strangeness of Brendan McCarthy. The new blog includes storyboard artwork Brendan completed for Tim Burton’s new Sweeney Todd movie, which opens in… Read More ›
Crash Competition
The Times Online are giving readers the chance to design the cover for a limited edition version of JG Ballard’s novel Crash – a brilliant chance for you to get a piece of your art published and on book shelves…. Read More ›
007 Exhibitions
With the Royal Mail’s James Bond stamps already with us, the centenary of the birth of Bond creator Ian Fleming is continuing to be being celebrated with two separate exhibitions. For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond will… Read More ›
Comics Grow Up!
The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh will be putting on an exhibition on the historical development of comics and graphic novels from their earliest beginnings to their modern contemporary diversity entitled Comics Grow Up! Running during April and May… Read More ›
One Book – One Edinburgh 2008
One of the most successful original graphic novels of 2007 was the Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped. This was created for the One Book One Edinburgh reading campaign in Scotland’s capital in February 2007…. Read More ›
Titan’s Dan Dare books to continue
Contrary to reports on some web sites, the upcoming Titan Dan Dare book, Reign of the Robots, is not the last Titan collection. downthetubes spoke with the head of Titan Books this morning and the company is all set to… Read More ›
New Torchwood Magazine features official comic
The first ever official Torchwood comic strip debuts in the first issue of Titan’s Torchwood magazine, on sale 24 January. Written by Transformers legend Simon Furman, and drawn by SL Gallant (Marvel Adventures), The Legacy of Torchwood One sees a… Read More ›
Read Yourself Raw Updated
The latest update of UK-based comics site Read Yourself Raw includes previews of new book, comic and manga releases for March 2008, including Kafka’s The Trial, adapted by David Zane Mairowitz & Chantal Montellier and The Complete Terry & The… Read More ›
Thunderbirds: End Of The Road
Redan’s Thunderbirds comic has been cancelled with the current issue 89 being the last. The final issue comes with a free gift of a water pistol. With no repeats of the Thunderbirds series on British terrestrial television screens for some… Read More ›
IDW Goes Junior
Perhaps taking a leaf from UK Publishers such as Titan and Panini, US comics house IDW, best known as a publisher of horror, action, and SF comic books including Star Trek and Doctor Who, is launching a kid’s division titled… Read More ›
MamTor Music
Not content with publishing some pretty cutting edge comics in the past few years, UK Publisher MamTor, run by my old mucker artist Liam McCormack Sharp (you’ll remmber him as now has its own music divsion via amazingtunes.com. “Mamtor” is… Read More ›